The Dutch city Utrecht is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and a beacon of art and education, housing more than 21 universities and colleges and 400 art installations. With this package I transform street art found in Utrecht into color palettes which you can use for plots generated in R. Inspired by the {dutchmasters} package by EdwinTh
The Wall, Leidsche
Rijn. Photo from the Greetings from
utrecht website
devtools::install_github("cherjuliette/rcolorUtrecht")
library(rcolorUtrecht)
diamonds %>%
filter(cut == c("Very Good", "Premium", "Ideal")) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = carat,
y = price,
color = cut)) +
geom_point(aes(size = cut,
alpha = 0.5)) +
facet_wrap(~cut) +
theme_bw()+
scale_color_rcolorUtrecht(palette = "miffy")
Graph code found in ./www/examples.Rmd
De Wonderen/The Wonders (2014) by Germa
Borst De Wonderen/The Wonders (2014) by Germa Borst This mural
was painted by Germa Borst. It was commissioned by the inhabitant of the
house and subsidized by the City of Utrecht. In the neighborhood where
the house stands the family Engelen (translated Angels) used to live,
and there was a nunnery named Bethlehem. Both the family as well as the
nunnery devoted their lives to helping those around them. Enchanted with
the neighborhood, Germa got in touch with Boukje Lootsma, who at the
time wrote modern day fairy tales. They both wanted to immortalize and
commemorate the local history by means of murals and history based fairy
tales. This particular painting takes place in the 16th century and
tells the story of the women living in the nunnery that have visions of
wonders which they convey to Papal State. One of the nuns is different
and part of her special story is depicted here.
Photo from muurschilderingen
Plus website
Train Station from the Past by De Verfdokter. Paintings
like these are often commissioned by the city and while trains like
these aren’t in use anymore, they often drive through meadows.
Photo from the website of De
Verfdokter
Verhalen uit de Dichterswijk/Stories from the Dichterswijk by Munir de Vries.
A neighborhood is more than buildings and shops. It is the home of a
large number of different people who all carry a different story with
them. A perfect example is Ed, a
boatman who tells stories of the city’s topography, and Mr. Braam
who allowed his neighbor to pick leaves from his grape tree, only to
have him show up the next day sharing in the meal which he made with the
leaves. The translated name of the neighborhood is Poet District which
seems more than fitting.
Photo from website of Munir de
Vries
Nijntje/Miffy is probably the far the most popular
thing that came out of Utrecht. This sculpture made by De Strakke Hand however the
city also has a shop dedicated to Miffy items and a Miffy museum.
Photo from the De Strakke Hand
website
Derk by Derk
Wessels and Jan is De Man.
Photo from the funda website
De Walvis/The Wale by Studio KCA. Officially known as The
Skyscraper, this piece of art was made in 2018 as an initiative of
Utrecht University’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance. It shows
a wale, entirely made of plastic found in the Pacific Ocean, jumping out
of the water in front of the train station. The city is often in
discussion about sustainability and has also started growing plants
above bus shelters and was pronounced
the most sustainable city in the country. In 2019 however the wale
was dissasembled and shiped to Singapore.
Photo from website
hetkanWEL
Glimpse Into The Past at the Ibis Hotel at Bizetlaan
by De Strakke Hand. The
painting above the Ibis Hotel shows a person peaking behind the curtains
to see how the city looked in the past. A man on a horse is crossing the
bridge, likely going to his house while several people are crossing the
stream by boat. This painting also shows a role of maritime travel in
Dutch history.
Photo from the newspaper website AD
De Gansstraat by De Strakke Hand. Translated the
name of this street is The Geese street which is why a mural of
geese was painted.
Photo from the Oud Utrecht site
3D streetart by Leon Keer.
Photo
from the droomplekken
website
Ducdalf met Schepen/Ships with Ducdalf (1978). by
Anne P. Boer. In the Adelaarsstraat (translated Eagle street) stands the
oldest street art in the city! Just as the mural at the Ibis Hotel
shows, maritime traffic has contributed greatly to Dutch history and has
extended itself today to water research at several institutes and
universities.
Photo from Open
Art Utrecht website
Vogelebuurt by Jan is De Man.
Birds play a large part in the city and many streets are named after a
particular bird kind. Translated the name of the neighborhood is
Bird Neighborhood and the artist paid homage to this by
painting a bird flying to its bird house.
Photo from website travellust
Mural above the grocery shop by Jan is De Man.
Commissioned by one of the largest grocery shops in the country, the
Albert Heijn (AH), a number of fruits and vegetables have been painted
above the shop.
Photo from the Oud
Utrecht website
Electricity boxes in the city center by patatjes4life.
Initiative of the city ambassador group Thirty030, electrical boxes in
the city were painted to make them more cheerful.
Photo from
the thirty030
website
Faseconstractmicroscoop/Phase Constract Microscope of
Dr. Bleeker by De
Strakke Hand. This is a wall mural of physicist Caroline Bleeker, an
alumni of the Utrecht University. During her time she was one of the
only women to pursui a STEM career and eventuelly started her own
company where she hired only women and produced phase contrast
microscopes.
Photo from the street
art cities website
Utrecht University at the Domplein. The University
Hall stands in the city center, behind the Dom Church. During the
Spanish Occupation of the Netherlands the auditorium was build and
served as a meeting location for district representatives. In an
uprising against the occupation, the Union of Utrecht was signed which
declared the country independence.
Photo from youtube
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University of Applied Sciences. Also known as the
HU, this college is known for encouraging students to participate in
school decisions by hosting union elections to student inviting news
anchors to speak on the national elections. In 2021 the college painted
a rainbow crosswalk in front of the school, which now is the largest in
the world!
Photo from the duic
website
If you have found any errors in the package please inform me.